Table 1. Research Design and summary statistics of variables.
A. Outcome variables | Description | Frequency table |
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Decrease | Same | Increase | ||
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Rainfall | Reported change in rainfall | 50% | 42% | 8% |
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Temperature | Reported change in temperature | 20% | 45% | 35% |
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Flood frequency | Reported change in flood frequency | 59% | 27% | 14% |
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Cold season duration | Reported change in the cold season duration | 42% | 43% | 15% |
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Cold season strength | Reported change in the cold season strength | 45% | 40% | 15% |
B. Other variables of interest | Description | Descriptive statistics | |||
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Mean | SD | Min | Max | ||
Age | Age of the interviewee | 36.98 | 16.17 | 16 | 85 |
Sex | Sex of the interviewee | Male=54% Female =46% |
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Village Treatment After |
Village where the interviewee lives Treatment group (0=Control; 1=Treatment) Interviewed before (0) or after (1) the intervention |
C. Schedule | Date |
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Baseline Survey | July – December 2008 |
Intervention: Workshop in treatment villages | May –June 2009 |
Post-intervention Survey In control villages In treatment villages |
April – June 2009 July–September 2009 |
Follow-up: Workshop in control villages | September – November 2009 |
D. Sample size | Control | Treatment |
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Villages (n=12 total) | 6 | 6 |
Individuals (n=424 total) | 350 | 74 |
Note: For all the outcome variables: −1=decrease; 0=same; 1=increase. All information refers to changes since the age of childhood (i.e. decade after birth).